Having too many semicolons will never ever cause you a problem. Having too few almost certainly will. Why is this an argument? Don't we have enough bugs to deal with? just use the semicolons, or get out of my way.
Most arguments about style are almost certainly pointless, but if you are faced with a choice between two styles, one of which may cause a problem sometimes if you don't know what you are doing, and the other style, which will never ever cause you a problem, it seems the choice is kind of obvious, no? Particularly since the guy doesn't really make a case for what his objection to semicolons actually is to begin with. He doesn't like the look of them?
Most arguments about style are almost certainly pointless, but if you are faced with a choice between two styles, one of which may cause a problem sometimes if you don't know what you are doing, and the other style, which will never ever cause you a problem, it seems the choice is kind of obvious, no? Particularly since the guy doesn't really make a case for what his objection to semicolons actually is to begin with. He doesn't like the look of them?